That's a bit excessive.  Cost of doing that is $500 ~ $600 IF you can get all the hoses !  As someone who works on these van all this time for the last 10 ~ 15 years I have not seen this as necessary.  Yes, some of the hoses need replacing now and then but every 2~3 years !  Most folks would give up on these vans if that were true.

On 2013-03-07, at 9:21 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:

> Hoses, crack and deteriorate from the inside out. And should be replaced
> every 2 to 3 years! They will look great on the outside, and be cracked to
> pieces on the inside.

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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